and 50 cars piled up on slick roads in northern california. >> we're not certain whether or not a small snowstorm or hailstorm precipitated this ice formation. >> reporter: it's amazing to think in the next 24 hours, from here to parts of wisconsin, they'll have at least a foot of snow in some places, some places more. and you'll have those 50-mile-per-hour wind gusts, 3 to 5-foot drifts. all going to make for havoc on the roadways and the air as the holidays get ready to go. ginger zee, abc news, des moines, iowa. >> and here's the rest of your thursday forecast, everybody. rain in chicago, detroit and indianapolis. eventually changing to the white stuff. thunderstorms from the ohio valley down to knoxville. severe storms from new orleans to the carolinas. heavy rain and mountain snow in the northwest. >> 40s from seattle to billings. 12 degrees in fargo. 20s from minneapolis to kansas city. 40s for the rest of the midwest and northeast. >>> and some glamour and history this morning. the long wait for an american miss universe is over. >> that's because 20-year-old olivia culpa of rhod